A few days passed after the straightforward victory against Stm, HOH had time to perfect their strategies for more intense matches and discussed the importance of never straying from the group. In an event like this, it could prove fatal, and the HOH fighters knew this well; often too reckless, they needed to pay more attention before making hasty moves.

Today, they presented themselves on the battlefield at peak energy, which could be a decisive factor. Fighting at full strength was a significant advantage, and having dominated the second match from the early stages to the point of forcing their rivals into a swift surrender could turn into a major advantage today.

"The third match we face today will be a turning point in our season. Winning it should secure us one of the twelve available spots for the tournament that will take place once the season ends," reminded their leader Grombold to his allies. For an alliance with ambitions like HOH, being left out of the top 12 alliances would be a tremendous blow and must be avoided at all costs.

Waiting under the sun that illuminated the battlefield, suddenly, in the distance, they began to see the banners of today's rivals. It was...

 The strong and highly organized alliance led by a council of formidable warriors like urielgrande, AkulAa, and Asro7 arrived at this match with a record of two wins, meanwhile HOH’s record 1 loss and 1 win. Their group unity was their strength; in past matches, there was a significant turnout with over 77 warriors coming to compete and elevate the alliance's name.  

 "Another easy looking match, but these are never straightforward" said my first thought out loud, while gathering with teammates ready for the start. We had faced these type rivals several times in different events and knew they are always try to make everything as difficult as it possible.  

Moments before the battle began, the leader spoke to reveal the tactic they would use today: "Our rivals today don't have numerical superiority over us. We've decided to approach the match by dividing into groups. We believe that forcing them to split up will prevent them from gaining the upper hand over us," Grombold decreed after consulting with his trusted companions.

 I joined my group led by Grom, our duty today would be to support Hot Springs team and cut everyone of who trying to interfere at Winterfell!

As the war drums sounded the battle was underway…

A large contingent of tSB immediately set off for the Hot Springs. The strategy that Grom wanted to adopt was therefore successful in concept; without his group, HS would most likely have been lost. So, more energized than ever we headed to what would be the first major clash of the match!

 An incredible battle unfolded in the Hot Springs

At first, tSB fighters reached the building and began setting up the initial defences. Then, like a bolt out the blue, they were swarmed by an absurd number of HOH banners, and all hell broke loose. Neither alliance had numerical superiority at the beginning and they faced each other on equal terms.

The strategy used by tSB to hit the building's defences all at once while initially leaving control in the hands of HOH, seemed to pay off at first. It was a battle that lasted much longer than expected, something rarely seen in the early stages, but in the end, the great teamwork of HOH member payed off. Once they overcame the shock of such a large-scale attack we managed to gain the upper hand over their rivals minute by minute.

A strategic regrouping was mandatory for tSB, who had no choice but to acknowledge their loss in the first two major battles of the match, (HOH managed to capture Armory as well) and to rethink their approach to devise something new.

Having focused heavily on the Hot Springs resulted in an easy battle at Armoury. A not very large group of rivals arrived at the gates when it had already been secured by the lightning-fast warriors of HOH. They attempted to break through the defences, but it was all in vain.

tSB has shown no signs of surrendering, despite the fact that HOH has the two most important buildings in its hands. A large contingent of rivals was gathering near Greyyjoy Outpost 2, likely planning to regroup there for another offensive towards the Hot Springs

"We have had a great initial phase of the encounter, but now let's not give our rivals any breathing room," was the announcement from our leader. Upon hearing of the sightings, he intended to crush any rival attempts to regroup from the start.

We set off for the new destination...

 The attack carried out by HOH was a success!

Upon arrival, I saw with my own eyes a large group gathered around the building, and without losing a second, I decided to storm the outpost's walls. The ensuing battle saw, as previously happened in the HS, HOH prevailing over tSB minute by minute in this major clash.

After this another successful expedition HOH forces turned their heads and horses towards south and started to marching down to the last outpost what was still under tSB’s influence.

Meanwhile the first resource bag has appeared at Winterfell… everyone had a quick look to the the magnificent buildings and its surroundings, but the only banners what we have seen, it was HOH, this meant that my little group did very well, managed to keep our enemy away from Winterfell. When we realised that Wallace and his team won’t be needing any help to transport the package...we continued our way down. We were determined to take the last building as well…

 When arrived to the next target, I witnessed that some of my brave companions were already in heavy battle with our enemies. At the beginning tSB had the upper hand in the clash, but there was one thing what their enthusiasm couldn't handle: being outnumbered. With every second passing, more and more HOH warriors arrived the Outpost and slowly started to tear down tSB’s defence. We didn’t need to much time to defeat the last standing tSB warriors and with this action HOH had control over the entire map.

“Good job everyone! Now, let’s push even further down, head to their base!” – Grom issued the new order.

The entire HOH army was on its way to the enemy base, with the exception of Winterfell team.

From that moment on, tSB's team would have needed a miracle to break out of the grip. HOH forces guarded all exits, completely surrounding the base. Hats off to the courage of the tSB fighters, they have tried everything until they had no troops left. Obviously these attempts were equivalent to suicide as each team was outnumbered by 6 to 1. As time went on, the enthusiasm and courage of tSB's team gradually waned, and they began to realise that any attempt was hopeless.  

 The remaining minutes of the game were spent with Wallace getting and delivering all the packages without a problem. Each successfully dropped packages exponentially increased HOH's advantage, very soon we were approaching towards the coveted 80k points – what would secure all the possible rewards for us…

“Alright guys, this battle is already in the bag and we will get the 80k...and we will disband everything afterwards. They fought very well and hard, I believe they deserve some kindness from us. I want everyone to retreat to our base and let them to take the points!” - we all hear Grom’s command, what did not come as a surprise, we like to appreciate our foe’s efforts. 

Thus, this 3 round battle was won by HOH

"Our rivals today came with a notable winning streak. We did well to overpower them both in numbers and strategically on the battlefield. We must always strive to maintain this level of concentration in every match," were the leader's words at the end of the encounter.

Heading towards the fourth round of the season where we would likely face a highly skilled rival. Who that would be and whether we could continue our winning streak, would be revealed soon!

Thank you for our attention 😊

‘Til the next time… 😏